Quote Originally Posted by dukedogsmom
And this is a totally different subject but a lot of the ER overcrowding is from the immigrants. This told to me by an ER employee. They don't have to pay for anything. We foot the bill
Unisured people go to the emergency room for two reasons...
- because they do not have insurance and cannot afford medical care...if they get sick they go without treatment until it is an emergency
- Medical providers do not like to treat people without insurance...emergency rooms have no choice.

There are 12 million illegal immigrants (I assume you are referring to those who are illegal...) some of those have insurance through their employer...but there are 47 million people in this country without medical insurance....

Do the math...even assuming NO illegal immigrants have insurance...there are still at least 35 million RED-BLOODED AMERICANS who do not have insurance and have cause to use the emergency room as the first line of medical care.

If your ER employee is referring to all immigrants...legal and otherwise...

And it is not they do not have to pay...it is that they cannot pay.

And those of us who are insured...those of us who pay taxes...indirectly pay for the uninsured -- native born...legal immigrant...or illegal immigrant.